Mid-Air Trick Actions

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Mid-Air Trick Actions is a maneuver used in Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic Advance 3. which enables the character to control their movements through mid-air while sometimes executing an attack. Unlike Trick Actions, however, the Mid-Air Trick Actions only serve to change the user movements rather than granting additional points and/or filling the user's energy gauge in gameplay.

In all its appearances this move is achieved by pressing a directional button on with .

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Description

When performing a Mid-Air Trick Action, the user performs a certain acrobatic move when thrown into mid-air. Depending on the user's choice of trick, the user can then either move forward, up, down or even backwards through mid-air. This allows the user to either manipulate their course through the stages or to gain extra height or horizontal momentum.

Game appearances

Sonic Advance 2

In Sonic Advance 2, it allowed all of the characters, excluding Super Sonic, to move in any four directions after being launched into the air by a Spring or Ramp. This allowed the characters to gain access to some previously inaccessible areas as well. Almost all horizontal tricks were attacks while the up versions served as an extra jump. Each characters action is different:

Knuckles immediately does a dive with his elbow sticking out. Only the startup of this Trick Action damages enemies as the rest of the attack has a very low opportunity to damage. Knuckles still keeps momentum with this Trick Action.

Amy dives down while performin the Hammer Whirl. This Trick Action can not only damage enemies, but also destroy certain platforms.

Sonic Advance 3

In Sonic Advance 3, all of the characters, except Knuckles, can use this by being in certain pairs.

Sonic and Tails can only use these when paired together.

Amy and Cream can only use these when paired together.

Trivia

In Sonic Advance 3, although Knuckles has a pairing with Sonic (Fighting Buddies) he is still incapable of using the actions. In the Sound Test, the player can hear Knuckles making sounds as if he was capable of using. This suggests that while there is game data for him to use it the idea was scrapped in the final copy of the game.